Clifford Chance (CC) has seen the departure of two partners in Milan, with corporate partners Ian Tully and Massimo La Torre both leaving last week after seven years in the firm’s partnership.

Tully will join US firm Curtis Mallet-Prevost Colt & Mosle at the start of September as a partner in Milan. He will focus on corporate energy work and M&A. He is the fourth lateral partner hire the firm has made in Europe since January.